After a day of rest, the spirit of the Rockets players has obviously improved, and the players who are not in that wilted state have shown good competitive form.

On March 21, 1999, the Rockets welcomed the challenge of the Suns on their home court.

Facing the Rockets players who have rested and recovered well, the Suns are showing a tired state.

There is no doubt that the Rockets won the game, although the Sun also resisted, but the strength of the two sides is still too different, the Rocket's strong attack power ensured the victory of the Rockets in this game.

111:81Rockets in their own easy victory over the Suns.

And just after the Rockets defeated the Suns, Pippen, who had switched to the Trail Blazers, was finally able to participate in the game, to be honest, Pippen was really unlucky, due to the sudden onset of old injuries before the start of the season, Pippen missed at least 20 games this season, it is said that the reason for the outbreak of injuries is very intriguing, one day Pippen and two beauties appeared in a hotel all night.

The next day, Pippen reported that he had a back injury, which was really intriguing.

For this reason, Tiger called Paul to find out, but unfortunately Paul's mouth was very strict, and the matter was never investigated.

Regardless, the Trail Blazers' offensive and defensive capabilities have skyrocketed by another notch.

The Rockets didn't care about the mess of people in the league, and concentrated on preparing for the game against the Kings.

After the game against the Kings at the beginning of the season, the Kings, Spurs, Lakers, Trail Blazers, and Jazz have become the Rockets' strongest opponents in the West this season.

The king may not be able to pose much of a threat to the Rockets now, but as the King grows stronger, he will definitely become the most difficult opponent for the Rockets.

On March 23, 1999, at the Compaq Center Arena of the Rockets, the Rockets who were playing at home ushered in the King's challenge.

Before the game started, Garnett stepped forward to greet Webb, and Garnett said with a smile: "Chris, come to Houston again this time, I think you still lose." ”

Webb looked at the grinning Garnett, rolled his eyes and said, "You kid can't say something nice, no wonder everyone says that your kid is now the king of poisonous tongues." ”

Garnett listened and continued to smile and said: "Isn't that good, at least the players in this league know me, and they don't dare to say any trash talk in front of me, they know that they can't please me here." ”

Webb stared at his friend and said, "Kevin, if you kid spray me, I'll break off my relationship." ”

Garnett pouted and said, "Just pull it down, when did I spray you, just be careful." ”

When Webber heard this, he scolded with a smile: "You give me death, boy, when am I careful, I didn't pay the bill when I went back to drink, and I didn't cover up when you picked up girls outside that time, you kid really don't know what to do." ”

Garnett grinned and said with a smile: "Is this a brother, why didn't I look for someone else." ”

Seeing Garnett look like a scoundrel, Webb raised his hand and threw a basketball over him, and scolded with a smile: "Quickly disappear before my eyes, you stinky boy." ”

Watching the frolic of the two, the tension between the two teams temporarily dissipated a lot.

Garnett and Webb, frolicking a few words, punched each other, and went back to prepare for the fight.

Once the game began, as the main players of both sides, and still on the field, the battle between Garnett and Webb began.

In fact, the current staffing of the Kings is still very good, but it needs to be improved in terms of running-in, and the main players of the Rockets have basically cooperated for more than 2 years, and after the life-and-death struggle in the finals, the cooperation between them has been described as seamless.

After all, it is the foundation of the championship team, and the Rockets exploded with amazing offensive power from the beginning of the first quarter of the game.

Olajuwon faced Divac, although the Serb is also a ruthless character, but Olajuwon, as an old guy who has been in the league for many years, is not so easy to get along with, using his own footsteps to hit the basketball on Divac's head in a row.

The unavoidable Kings began to flank Olajuwon, but are the Rockets so easily flanked? The answer is clearly not.

After the Rockets found out that Olajuwon was starting to be pinched, the perimeter players began to run widely without the ball. Allen and Horry switch between the two to run and switch blocks, can always find the King's defensive weaknesses, the Rockets' two big shooters, plus the three-point is also quite accurate Bodi Roga, as long as the inside line, the outside line must appear empty, as long as there is an open space, the Rockets' pitchers can send the basketball to the basket.

The entire first quarter of the game was spent in the Rockets' extensive passing.

After the end of the first quarter of the game, Adelman on the sidelines specially explained to the Kings players that they must put the defense first, speed up the rotation of players, and not easily give space to the Rockets players to shoot easily.

After the start of the second quarter, the Kings stepped up their rotation on the perimeter defense, but with Bodi Roga and Ray? Allen strengthened his breakthrough, the King's defensive circle had to shrink inward, Garnett began to frequently pull to the high post for mid-range shooting, not to mention that after coming to the Rockets, Garnett's mid-range shooting level has improved a lot, two consecutive high-post straight-arm shots, so that Webb, who defended him, could only shake his head and watch the basketball get into the basket.

Garnett looked at Webb with a smile and said, "Chris, how about it, I'm right, you're going to confess here again today." ”

Webb just snorted coldly, didn't say anything, and turned around to attack.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets replaced Crohill and Saulus, Horry and Ray? Aaron was substituted to rest, Olajuwon also went down to rest, and Divac's opponent became the jumping man Big Ben.

The presence of young people also means a burst of vitality, and the Rockets are playing a whirlwind offense, becoming more and more sophisticated and stronger.

The Rockets' powerful assault ability made the Kings' defense begin to crumble, and the Rockets only needed 4 points to launch a 14-0 attack wave.

The king was completely blinded by the sudden blow.

By the end of the second quarter, the Rockets had extended the score to more than 15 points.

Looking at the bright red score, Adelman could only shake his head helplessly, silently led the players out of the field, walked into the players' tunnel, and returned to the locker room to prepare for the second half of the game.

After halftime adjustments, after the start of the third quarter of the game, the Kings also began to counterattack, wonderful cooperation, large-scale passing cooperation, and quickly tore apart the Rockets' defensive circle.

After scoring seven points in a row, the Kings saw hope of a comeback, but two three-pointers made everything a dream for the Kings.

Horry, who has been with the Rockets for 6 years, always gets the most critical points when it matters most.

Horry's two consecutive three-pointers made the King's chase come to naught.

Crohill, who was doing it off the court, watched Horry's two three-pointers to stabilize the situation for the Rockets, and the young man's eyes lit up at that time.

Lao Tang on the sidelines looked at Crohill who was shining in his eyes, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Crohill: "Austin, Robert is an example for you to learn, you must know that the most dangerous time for a pitcher is when he is in the open position and there is no one to defend, at that time, he can decide everything, do you understand?" ”

Crohill nodded and said, "Understood, I know how I do it." ”

Lao Tang nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to set his eyes on the field.

At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets still firmly fixed the score at a 15-point gap.

Watching the heavy breathing of the Kings players, Adelman was very helpless, he knew that his team still needed to work.

The current king still can't compete with these traditional powerhouses in the west.

Especially a super strong team like the Rockets, it is not something that the nascent king can compete with, and the king needs time.

As long as we give my team 1-2 years, we'll completely let the whole league know the power of the King.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Rockets still controlled the situation on the court and firmly suppressed the king.

At the end of the game, at 104-90, the Rockets won by 14 points over the Kings.

The king swallowed the fruit of the two Rockets, and looked at Webb, who left the game in frustration, Garnett stepped forward to stop Webb and said: "Chris, you have done a good job, you are just lacking the run-in now, Rudy once said that the King will be the toughest opponent of our Rockets in the future." ”

Webber smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, Kevin, I know you're comforting me, thank you for your comfort, but we will get back such a failure, you guys be careful." ”

After saying that, he didn't give Garnett a chance to speak, turned around and walked away quickly.

Garnett could only shake his head helplessly, looking back at ESPN's reporters interviewing Horry on the field, he could only speed up his pace and walk to his locker room.

The Rockets have won 2 consecutive wins on their home court, and at this time, the Rockets have quietly won 8 consecutive wins again.

The Rockets are still at the top of the league, and on the second day of the game against the Kings, the Rockets went to Dallas, ready to face the Mavericks again, and this Chinese derby attracted a large number of Chinese reporters.

Before the game, Tiger received a call from Dazhi, in which Dazhi expressed his gratitude to Tiger, at first Dazhi did not know that he could play in the league with Tiger's great credit, which was later said by Dazhi on the phone and Dazhi.

After all, the first Chinese to land in the NBA, plus a player who has become a championship-level player, makes the bus have a lot more voice and connections in China than Dazhi.

In a small talk on the eve of the second derby between the two, the bus explained some of the internal reasons why Dazhi can participate in the NBA so safely, which made Dazhi very shocked, and a 20-year-old young man still doesn't know the twists and turns very well.

Dazhi thanked Tiger for his help with great gratitude, Tiger just smiled and said, It's not a big deal, but Dazhi knows how much energy and connections are needed here.

In the end, Tiger just told Dazhi to play well and not to smear his reputation.

However, Dazhi's performance in the Mavericks is still good, his playing style is still a little different from Nowitzki's, and under the training of the old Nelson, Dazhi's progress is really a thousand miles.

Against this background, the game between the Rockets and the Mavericks is about to begin.

(To be continued)